Ballarat medical clinics send out texts about $7 fee

By Patrick Byrne
Updated May 15 2014 - 6:02pm, first published 5:48pm
Eureka Medical Centre in Ballarat, which has been bombarded with calls over the new $7 Medicare fee. PICTURE: ADAM TRAFFORD
Eureka Medical Centre in Ballarat, which has been bombarded with calls over the new $7 Medicare fee. PICTURE: ADAM TRAFFORD

CONCERNED Ballarat residents are avoiding making medical appointments in fear of being stung the $7 Medicare co-payment, only days after Tuesday's federal budget confirmed free medical treatment would be scrapped by July next year.

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